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Special Collections: Guide to the George A. LaBonte Papers

Summary Information:

Collection Title: George A. LaBonte Papers
Date of Collection: 1949-1984
Box Numbers: Boxes 2495 - 2499
Quantity: 6 ft.

Administrative Information:

Provenance: Gift of Vicki Thiele and Laurie LaBonte, 13 April 1998.
Access Restrictions: Kept at Fogler Library's offsite storage facility. One week's notice required for retrieval
Preferred Citation: George A. LaBonte Papers, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine
Copyright: Contact department for copyright information

For Additional Information:
Special Collections Department
University of Maine
5729 Fogler Library
Orono, Maine 04469-5729
(207) 581 1686

Biographical Information:

George A. LaBonte was born in Jackman, Maine in 1923. He was in the U.S. Navy in World War II, then went to the University of Maine graduating in 1951 with a B.S. He earned his M.S. in Botany from UMaine in 1958. He worked for the Maine Forest Service as an entomologist beginning in 1949. He was with the Maine Forest Service until 1981 ending as State Entomologist. He co-authored “Trees of Maine”.

Contents:

The papers of a forest entomologist working for the Maine Forest Service. Included are University papers, reprint notes, field reports, articles, and numerous publications by George A. LaBonte.

Arrangement:

By topic.

Finding Aid:

Box 2495

Box 2495 f1	Biographical Information - General.
Box 2495 f2	Biographical Information - Military Service - Copy of Separation Notice From the U.S. Naval Service - Jan. 3, 1946.
Box 2495 f3	College Years - Homework, Tests, Quizzes; 1949- mid 1950’s. Folder 1 of 12.
Box 2495 f4	College Years - Homework, Tests, Quizzes; 1949- mid 1950’s. Folder 2 of 12.
Box 2495 f5	College Years - Homework, Tests, Quizzes; 1949- mid 1950’s. Folder 3 of 12.
Box 2495 f6	College Years - Homework, Tests, Quizzes; 1949- mid 1950’s. Folder 4 of 12.
Box 2495 f7	College Years - Homework, Tests, Quizzes; 1949- mid 1950’s. Folder 5 of 12.
Box 2495 f8	College Years - Homework, Tests, Quizzes; 1949- mid 1950’s. Folder 6 of 12.
Box 2495 f9	College Years - Homework, Tests, Quizzes; 1949- mid 1950’s. Folder 7 of 12.
Box 2495 f10	College Years - Homework, Tests, Quizzes; 1949- mid 1950’s. Folder 8 of 12.
Box 2495 f11	College Years - Homework, Tests, Quizzes; 1949- mid 1950’s. Folder 9 of 12.
Box 2495 f12	College Years - Homework, Tests, Quizzes; 1949- mid 1950’s. Folder 10 of 12.
Box 2495 f13	College Years - Homework, Tests, Quizzes; 1949- mid 1950’s. Folder 11 of 12.
Box 2495 f14	College Years - Homework, Tests, Quizzes; 1949- mid 1950’s. Folder 12 of 12.
Box 2495 f15	College Years - Audubon Camp - 1955.
Box 2495 f16	College Years - Field Work Sheets.
Box 2495 f17	College Years - Field Data - Damping Off Experiments - 1956.
Box 2495 f18	College Years - Greenhouse Data - Greenbush Soil, 1956-1958.
Box 2495 f19	College Years - Greenhouse Data - Orono Soil, 1956-1958.
Box 2495 f20	College Years - Field Tests - Greenbush Nursery - 1956-1958.
Box 2495 f21	College Years - Thesis - (Master of Science in Botany) - Damping off Studies in Coniferous Seedlings (by G. A. LaBonte) - 1958. (c.1)
Box 2495 f22	College Years - Thesis - (Master of Science in Botany) - Damping off Studies in Coniferous Seedlings (by G. A. LaBonte) - 1958. (c.2)
Box 2495 f23	College Years - Phi Kappa Phi Journal - Spring 1958.
Box 2495 f24	College Years - Sigma Xi - Information for Initiates - 1958.

Box 2496

Box 2496 f1	Forest Service Instructor Training Course - 1963-1964.
Box 2496 f2	State of Maine - State Employment Policies - 1979.
Box 2496 f3	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1949.
Box 2496 f4	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1951.
Box 2496 f5	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1952.
Box 2496 f6	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1953.
Box 2496 f7	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1954.
Box 2496 f8	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1955.
Box 2496 f9	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1956.
Box 2496 f10	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1957.
Box 2496 f11	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1958.
Box 2496 f12	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1959.
Box 2496 f13	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1960.
Box 2496 f14	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1961.
Box 2496 f15	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1962.
Box 2496 f16	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1963.
Box 2496 f17	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1964.
Box 2496 f18	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1965.
Box 2496 f19	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1966.
Box 2496 f20	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1967.
Box 2496 f21	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1968.
Box 2496 f22	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1969.
Box 2496 f23	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1970.
Box 2496 f24	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1971.
Box 2496 f25	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Weekly Reports - 1972.
Box 2496 f26	State of Maine - Forestry Dept. - Entomologist III Job Description - 1972.
Box 2496 f27	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Reorganization Data, 1972-1973.
Box 2496 f28	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Fire Control Series: No. 1 - Forest Watchman’s Handbook - 1962.
Box 2496 f29	State of Maine - Forestry Department -The Forest Wealth of Maine - 1965.
Box 2496 f30	State of Maine - Forestry Department -Radio Manual - 1967.
Box 2496 f31	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Employees - Newspaper Clippings -1970’s & 1980’s.
Box 2496 f32	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Activity Review of the Cooperative Forest Pest Program - 1982.
Box 2496 f33	State of Maine - Forestry Department - Scott Paper Company - Northeast Timberlands - Southern District Field Trip - 1984.
Box 2496 f34	State of Maine - Department of Personnel - Maine State Performance Appraisals (George A. LaBonte).
Box 2496 f35	Publications by G. A. LaBonte - Damping off Studies in Coniferous Seedlings 1959.
Box 2496 f36	Publications by G. A. LaBonte - Oak Leaf Shot-Hole Caused by Japanagromyza viridula - 1967.
Box 2496 f37	Publications by G. A. LaBonte - Arborvitae Leaf Miners - 1974.
Box 2496 f38	Publications by G. A. LaBonte -Insecticide Trials to Control Spruce Budworm Damage on Christmas Trees - 1976.
Box 2496 f39	Publications by G. A. LaBonte - The Saddled Prominent Outbreak of 1970-71 And It’s Damages - 1978.
Box 2496 f40	Publications by G. A. LaBonte - Cleaning and Weeding Paper Birch - A 24 Year Case History - 1978.
Box 2496 f41	Publications by G. A. LaBonte - Winter Mortality of Gypsy Moth Egg Masses in Maine - 1980.
Box 2496 f42	Publications by G. A. LaBonte - Field Book of Destructive Forest Insects - 1980 - 3 copies.
Box 2496 f43	Publications by G. A. LaBonte - Life History of a Red Oak Leaf-Mining Sawfly1984.
Box 2496 f44	Publications by G. A. LaBonte - Control of the Red Oak Leaf-Mining Sawfly - 1984 - 2 copies.
Box 2496 f45	Publications by G. A. LaBonte - Biology and Control of the Red Oak Leaf-Mining Sawfly - 1984 - author’s copy.
Box 2496 f46	Publications by G. A. LaBonte - Notes & Drafts of Red Oak Leaf-Mining Sawfly Paper.
Box 2496 f47	Publications by G. A. LaBonte - Forest Trees of Maine - 3 editions.

Box 2497

Box 2497 f1	Correspondence - Regarding Job Placements and Job Positions - 1951-1976.
Box 2497 f2	Correspondence - 1958.
Box 2497 f3	Correspondence - Regional Entomologist - 1973-1976.
Box 2497 f4	Correspondence - 1967-1988.
Box 2497 f5	Arboreal Diseases - Peppering - Newspaper Clipping - July 9, 1967.
Box 2497 f6	Arboreal Diseases - Maine Forestry Department - Entomology Laboratory - Weekly Circular - July 17, 1973.
Box 2497 f7	Arboreal Diseases - Blister Rust, 1970’s.
Box 2497 f8	Arboreal Diseases - Cavities.
Box 2497 f9	Entomology - Bees, Wasps & Hornets, 1970’s.
Box 2497 f10	Entomology - Black Flies, Mosquitoes.
Box 2497 f11	Entomology - Borers.
Box 2497 f12	Entomology - Canadian Species - 1941, 1970’s.
Box 2497 f13	Entomology - Carpenter Ants.
Box 2497 f14	Entomology - Gypsy Moth.
Box 2497 f15	Entomology - Hemlock Woolly Adelgid.
Box 2497 f16	Entomology - Slugs, Snails.
Box 2497 f17	Entomology - Mites.
Box 2497 f18	Entomology - Sarcoptidae.
Box 2497 f19	Entomology - Scabies.
Box 2497 f20	Entomology - Spiders - Brown Recluse in Maine.
Box 2497 f21	Entomology - Spruce Budworm.
Box 2497 f22	Entomology - Spruce Budworm - Recommendations for Improvement of Spruce -Budworm Population and Damage Survey Methods in State of Maine - 1973.
Box 2497 f23	Entomology -White Pine Weevil, 1979.
Box 2497 f24	Entomology - Pictorial/Descriptive Keys.
Box 2497 f25	Entomology - Insect Control. Folder 1 of 2.
Box 2497 f26	Entomology - Insect Control. Folder 2 of 2.
Box 2497 f27	Entomology - Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station - Bulletin no. 353 - Leaf-Feeding Insects of Shade Trees, 1938.
Box 2497 f28	Entomology - Maine Department of Conservation - Insect and Disease Control Correspondence - late 1980’s.
Box 2497 f29	Fauna - Bats.
Box 2497 f30	Fauna - Snakes.
Box 2497 f31	Flora - Algae.
Box 2497 f32	Flora - Autumn Leaves - 1983.
Box 2497 f33	Flora - Blueberries.
Box 2497 f34	Flora - Grass.
Box 2497 f35	Flora - Flowering Almond.
Box 2497 f36	Flora - Lilac.
Box 2497 f37	Flora - Moss - 1971, 1979.
Box 2497 f38	Flora - Poison Ivy.
Box 2497 f39	Flora - Poisonous Plants.
Box 2497 f40	Flora - Spruce - USGA - U.S. Open - 1979.
Box 2497 f41	Flora - Maine - Endangered Species/ Plant Conservation - 1962.
Box 2497 f42	Flora - Maine - Wildflowers - Conservation.
Box 2497 f43	Flora - Plant Hardiness Zones (Continental U.S.) - 1960.
Box 2497 f44	Christmas Trees - Management. Folder 1 of 2.
Box 2497 f45	Christmas Trees - Management. Folder 2 of 2.
Box 2497 f46	Christmas Trees - Pests and Pest Control.
Box 2497 f47	Christmas Trees - Laws. Producers List - 1978.
Box 2497 f48	Christmas Trees - Planting, 1950’s - 1970’s.
Box 2497 f49	Tree Varieties - Birch - Seed Germination - 1968, 1969, 1976, 1980.
Box 2497 f50	Tree Varieties - Bristle Cone Pine.
Box 2497 f51	Tree Varieties - Chestnut.
Box 2497 f52	Tree Varieties - Norway Pine - Petri-Dish Germination - Includes Photos. 1958.
Box 2497 f53	Tree Varieties - Nut Trees.
Box 2497 f54	Environment - Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB’s), 1970’s.
Box 2497 f55	Environment - Newspaper Clippings - 1970’s.
Box 2497 f56	Environment - Photosynthesis - 1971.
Box 2497 f57	Environment - Nader Report - Newspaper Clippings - 1973.
Box 2497 f58	Environment - Cleaning Up the Water, Private Sewage Disposal in Maine - 1973.
Box 2497 f59	Environment - Association of Maine Environmental Laboratories (AMEL) - 1984.
Box 2497 f60	Environment - Maine Oil Recycling Program Directory - no date.

Box 2498

Box 2498 f1	Pesticides - Notes & Research.
Box 2498 f2	Pesticides - Newspaper Clippings. Folder 1 of 2.
Box 2498 f3	Pesticides - Newspaper Clippings. Folder 2 of 2.
Box 2498 f4	Forestry - Canada - 1970’s.
Box 2498 f5	Forestry - Herbicides - 1970’s.
Box 2498 f6	Forestry - Log Drives (River) - Newspaper Clipping - July 24, 1976.
Box 2498 f7	Forestry - Maine’s Changing Forest Products Industry - September 1983.
Box 2498 f8	Forestry - Supplies - Caliper.
Box 2498 f9	Forestry - History - Maine - Tramway.
Box 2498 f10	Forestry - History - U.S. - Important Dates.
Box 2498 f11	Forestry - Maine - Primary Forest Products Manufacturers- 1983.
Box 2498 f12	Forestry - Maine - List of Major Pulp and Paper Producers - 1987.
Box 2498 f13	Woodlot Management - Grafting.
Box 2498 f14	Woodlot Management - Windbreaks, 1984.
Box 2498 f15	Woodlot Management - General.
Box 2498 f16	Pollution - Newspaper Clippings - 1970’s.
Box 2498 f17	Pollution - Notes & Research - no date.
Box 2498 f18	Conferences & Meetings - Tree Farm Meeting - February 5, 1952.
Box 2498 f19	Conferences & Meetings - 1956-1958.
Box 2498 f20	Conferences & Meetings - Proceedings of the Seminars on Pesticides in Our Environment - October 17-18, 1967.
Box 2498 f21	Conferences & Meetings - 34th Annual Pesticide Conference - New York State Insecticide, Fungicide and Herbicide Recommendations - 1973.
Box 2498 f22	Conferences & Meetings -Northeast Forest Pest Council - August 1988. (Announcement).
Box 2498 f23	Maine - Map - Major River Basins.
Box 2498 f24	Maine - Map - Natural Forest Vegetation Zones - 1956.
Box 2498 f25	Maine - Map - Official Planning and Development Districts - 1977.
Box 2498 f26	Maine - Map - Minor Civil Divisions - 1978.
Box 2498 f27	Maine - Various Forest Fact Sheets - 1964, 1971, 1982, 1985.
Box 2498 f28	Maine - Great Ponds Act - 1973.
Box 2498 f29	Maine - Coastline - Zoning Ordinances/Planning. 1973, 1976.
Box 2498 f30	University of Maine - Cooperative Extension Service - Bulletin 458 (Revised) - Growing Trees in the Home Nursery - 1914 - 2 copies.
Box 2498 f31	University of Maine - Forestry Department - Papers Presented at Fifth Anniversary Celebration - October 1953.
Box 2498 f32	University of Maine - Careers in Forestry and Wildlife Conservation - 1960.
Box 2498 f33	University of Maine - Dedication of the Albert D. Nutting Hall - 1971.
Box 2498 f34	University of Maine - Maine Agricultural Experiment Station - Miscellaneous Publication no. 651 - Sept. 1961.
Box 2498 f35	University of Maine - Maine Agricultural Experiment Station - Bulletin 614 - May 1963.
Box 2498 f36	University of Maine - Maine Agricultural Experiment Station - Bulletin 621 - March, 1964.
Box 2498 f37	University of Maine - Maine Agricultural Experiment Station - Bulletin 627 - September, 1964.
Box 2498 f38	University of Maine - Maine Agricultural Experiment Station - Maine Farm Research - October, 1965.
Box 2498 f39	U.S. Department of Agriculture - Farmer’s Bulletin no. 358 - A Primer of Forestry - Part II, 1909.
Box 2498 f40	U.S. Department of Agriculture - Report of the Chief of the Forest Service - 1950.
Box 2498 f41	U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture Information Bulletin no. 49 - Our National Forests - 1951.
Box 2498 f42	Statistical Methods - 5% and 1% Points for the Distribution of F - 1950.
Box 2498 f43	Statistical Methods - Experimental Design - Notes.
Box 2498 f44	Aerial Photography - 1950. Sixteen (16) photos.
Box 2498 f45	Allagash River - Laws, and Regulations for the Allagash Waterway -1972.
Box 2498 f46	American Forest Products Industries, Inc. - Trees and Game : Twin Crops.
Box 2498 f47	American National Red Cross - First Aid Instructor’s Manual.
Box 2498 f48	Arborist Exam - no date.
Box 2498 f49	Canadian Journal of Botany - Photoperiodic Responses in Seedlings of Northern Tree Species - vol. 35,#133; 1957.
Box 2498 f50	Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station - Connecticut State (1933), Entomologist - 33rd Report.
Box 2498 f51	Consultant’s Materials and Information.
Box 2498 f52	Engineer’s Field Book - 1950.
Box 2498 f53	Fertilizers - Notes & Research.
Box 2498 f54	Forest Fires - Preparation of Forest Fire Reports.
Box 2498 f55	French-English Dictionary for Chemists - 1921.
Box 2498 f56	Fuelwoods - Informational Pamphlets & Reports.
Box 2498 f57	Industrial Financing in Maine - Where to Go - 1981.
Box 2498 f58	Lecture Notes - Entomology - 1983.
Box 2498 f59	Maine Forestry and Logging Museum Inc. - 1983.
Box 2498 f60	Outdoors First Aid - Notes.
Box 2498 f61	Photograph - Gypsy Moth Spray Project - 1962.
Box 2498 f62	Public Lots - 1977, 1984.
Box 2498 f63	State of New Hampshire - An Act Relating to Forest Conservation and Taxation, Chapter 295 - Laws of 1949.
Box 2498 f64	The Timber Resources of Maine - 1972.
Box 2498 f65	Trees for Tomorrow - no date.
Box 2498 f66	Wood Harvesting - Scaling Procedures, Volume Tables - early 1980’s.
Box 2498 f67	Wood Identification.

Box 2499

Box 2499 f1	U.S. Geological Survey Maps - Aroostook County Area
Box 2499 f2	U.S. Geological Survey Maps - Northern Maine Area
Box 2499 b1	Index Cards - Forestry, Entomology, Ecology, & Environmentalism, etc.
Box 2499 b2	Field Notebooks - 1949 - 1986
Box 2499	Map Making Tool

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